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The only drawback on having to blog on the last day of Baja is that I can’t pick what to write about! So much has happened in so little time! From Spanish lessons in the hotel to snorkeling with sea lions, we’ve had a very full two weeks. Yesterday we got back from a 4-day [...]
When I was younger I was really afraid of the ocean. I never wanted to go in, but when I did go in, I would only go in up to my knees. My fear of the ocean was because of one reason and one reason only, all the animals in it! Well, four days ago [...]
“How long until we arrive?” “Five Mexican minutes!” One may initially think it may be a way of judging time, but it is actually a difference in mindset. In the US we are used to knowing the time, having to be somewhere, and having a full schedule. Here, from what we have experienced, things are [...]
It is our second day on our sea kayaking journey, and it has been successful so far! Yesterday was really fun; we got to go snorkeling in a huge sea lion community, which was amazing. There was a diverse population of sea life in the warm waters next to the small rock island that made [...]
December 9th, 2009 – I woke up this morning and looked out my tent. Seeing the light from the sun shining through the trees I thought “Today will be an excellent day for a wonderful hike!” Everyone woke up with big smiles on their faces, no longer tired and sore from the hike the day [...]
At first glance, the countryside of Baja California is nothing but flat desert with an army of small shrubs penetrated by Cardones cactus. However, inland it turns out to be much, much, more. Down near where the peninsula ends is a very small mountain range not very long and not very high. But from a [...]
I got to go on my first horse pack trip in Colorado this fall and I was excited to know that in Baja we were going to do a backpacking trip up into the Sierra with horse and mule support. To truly understand the culture and life here in Baja one needs to dig down [...]
Despite some similarities, I’ve been learning that surfing and snowboarding are really nothing alike. Having a wave come roaring at me like a freight train with an attitude is just not the same as deciding it’s time to stand up and make my way down a pleasant, snow covered slope. Think about this: I did [...]
Today I woke up to the sound of waves crashing. That’s also the sound I fell asleep to the night before. I could see myself living here, not in some huge luxury time-share house though. Probably something closer to what a local would live in. The same weather more or less and the same food [...]
Today is December seventh. Last Monday I was wearing a parka and braving the icy slopes of Colorado as I learned to snow board. Later that Friday I found myself being jostled by the waves of the surprisingly warm Pacific as I began a surfing lesson just outside of Todos Santos, Baja California Sur. It [...]
